COMPUTERIZED CORRECTION OF MIDWIFERY BOARD EXAMINATION

WHEREAS, the present method of correction of examination papers is
time consuming, requiring about a minute, more or less, for every
examination paper and about 3 to 4 months to finish the correction of
all the examinees papers as well as the correction being subject to
human error;

WHEREAS, the Board of Midwifery receives numerous complaints from
examinees and/or parents about alleged “fixers” and/or “inside persons”
preying on them which is fostered by the interminable wait for the
examination results;

WHEREAS, in the correction of examination papers, we discovered
“marked papers” which made us suspect the existence of anomalies or
irregularities involving persons but responsibility could not be
pinpointed to anyone involved due to physical threats from suspects;

WHEREAS, examination papers are stored for a period of 3 to 4 months
in a “secured area” yet remain vulnerable to “tampering” by scrupulous
persons;

WHEREAS, the Board of Midwifery is duty bound to preserve the
integrity of the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) and the Board
of Midwifery in particular; and

WHEREAS, the Board of Medicine has successfully implemented the
computerization of their Board examination last August, 1990 with
minimum problem and difficulty;

NOW, THEREFORE, we, the incumbent members of the Board of Midwifery,
cognizant of these prevailing conditions, hereby resolved, to recommend
to the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) that the computerization
process of the examination correction be approved in the Midwifery
examination to completely eliminate irregularities, cut down work hours
from error prone manual examination correction and to enhance the
integrity of this Office.  RESOLVED, that if this resolution is approved
by the Commission, shall be effective starting with the examination
scheduled for November, 1990.

Adopted: 19 Oct. 1990

(SGD.) JUAN Y. FUENTES, JR. Chairman
(SGD.) TERESITA I. BARCELO Member	(SGD.) REMEDIOS C. BATACLAN Member

APPROVED:

(SGD.) JULIO B. FRANCIA, JR. Commission Chairman
(SGD.) MARIANO A. MENDIETA Commission Member	(SGD.) HIPOLITA A. ORDINARIO Commission Member